A Messenger/Doota can't take a lot legislation or government action into his palms. Shiva worked out a technique to rid Kala Bhairava from the sin of Bhairava in his holier than thou mode of motion, viz., to hold fifth head of Brahma ( its later type, Brahma's skull) to Kashi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9TID0OKCow